The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-29

been made shall have the benefit
OF and be subject to the laws, both
civil and criminal, Of the State or
Territory in which they may re-
side; and no Territory shall pass
or enforce any law denying any
such Indian within it's jurisdiction
the equal protection Of the law.
And every Indian born within the
territorial limits of the United
States to whom allotments shall
have been made under the provi-
sion Of this act, or under any law.
or. treaty, and every Indian born
within the territorial limits of the
] United States who has voluntaria
ly taken up, within said limits,
his residence separate and apart
from any tribe of Indians therein,
and has adopted the habits of CIV
ilized life, is hereby declared to be
a citizen Of the United States, and
is entitled to all the rights, privi-
leges, and immunities of such citi-
zens, whether said Indian has been
or not, by birth or otherwise, a
member of any tribe Of Indians
within the territorial limits of the
United States without in any
manner impairing or otherwise af-
fecting the right Of any such In
dian to tribal or other property.
Sec. Z. That in any case where
the use Of water for irrigation is
necessary to render the lands with
in any Indian reservation availa-
bic for agricultural purposes, the
Secretary Of the Interior be, and
he is hereby, authorized to pre-
scribe such rules and regulations
as he may deem necessary to Sc
cure just and equal distribution
thereof among the Indians residing
upon any such reservations; and
no other appropriation Or grant of
water by any riparian proprietor
shall be authorized or permitted to
the damage of any other riparian
proprietor.
SEC. 8. That the provision of
this act shall not extend to the
territory occupied by the Chrokees,
Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws,
Seminoles, and Usage, Miamies,
and Peorias, and Sacs and Foxes,
in the Indian Territory, nor to any
Of the reservations of the Seneca
Nation Of New York Indians in
the State Of New York, nor to that
strip of territory in the State Of
Nebraska adjoining the Sioux Ma
ton on the south added by execu-
tive order.
Sec. 8. That for the purpose of
making the surveys and resurveys
mentioned in section two of this
act, there be, and hereby is, ap-
propriated, out Of any moneys in
the Treasury not otherwise appro-
pr1ated, the sum Of one hundred
thousand dollars, to be repaid pro-
portionately out Of the proceeds of
the sales of such land as may be
acquired from the Indians under
the provisions of this act,
SEC. 10. That nothing in this
act contained shall be so construed
as to affect the right and power Of
Congress to grant the right of way
through any lands granted to an
Indian, or tribe Of Indians, for
railroads OF other highways, or
telegraph lines, for the public use,
or to condemn such lands to pub
lie uses, upon making just COM
pensation.
/ Sec. II. That nothing in this
act shall be so construed as to pre-
vent the removal of the Southern
:: Ute Indians from their present
reservation in Southwestern Colo.
RADIO to new reservation by and
with the consent Of a majority of
| the adult male members of said
tribe. III *-.z~. ....=. -
| Approved, February 8, 1887.